Lisa Beal
@letstalkocean.bsky.social
Ocean scientist @miamirosenstiel and editor in chief @theAGU @jgroceans. Passionate about ocean swimming, science and art, and diversifying voices in ocean science. Lover of wild life and wild places. Proudly divested from fossil fuels. Displaced Londoner.
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Lisa Beal
@letstalkocean.bsky.social
· Jul 17
I’m a big beautiful science nerd researching how ocean currents are spinning off more extreme ocean storms and what that means for marine life. Many unknowns come with change, this is just one tiny detail, and everything is changing so fast. With stakes this high, no wonder we humans are divided.
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The Trump administration is dismantling America’s climate databases, firing expert staff and deleting key reports and analyses. Such actions will make important modelling harder
The Trump administration is eroding vital climate data
American citizens are left vulnerable
econ.st
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The Trump administration is dismantling America’s climate databases, firing expert staff and deleting key reports and analyses. Such actions will make important modelling harder
Got ocean science you’re excited about?Want to support 🌊community programs? Looking for editors and reviewers who care? @jgroceans.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Got ocean science you’re excited about?Want to support 🌊community programs? Looking for editors and reviewers who care? @jgroceans.bsky.social
Can I verify I am human once and for all?
February 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Can I verify I am human once and for all?
🌊🌏🧪Postdoc position in my lab!
Postdoctoral Associate - Ocean Science in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Research at University of Miami
Apply for Postdoctoral Associate - Ocean Science job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Research at University of Miami
careers.miami.edu
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
🌊🌏🧪Postdoc position in my lab!
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social I am MTL, ocean scientist, and displaced Londoner. I just saw the strange and wonderful Bi Gan’s Resurrection and my head is exploding with profound, interwoven narratives: History vs state of mind, linear vs cyclic time, loving (our planet?) to death. What do you see?!
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social I am MTL, ocean scientist, and displaced Londoner. I just saw the strange and wonderful Bi Gan’s Resurrection and my head is exploding with profound, interwoven narratives: History vs state of mind, linear vs cyclic time, loving (our planet?) to death. What do you see?!
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Want to work with the AGU SciPolicy Team? Voices for Science participants conduct regular outcomes-focused outreach to make a tangible impact at the local, federal, or global level. Applications for the U.S. cohort are open Dec 15 – Feb 15 buff.ly/BHStsrh
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Want to work with the AGU SciPolicy Team? Voices for Science participants conduct regular outcomes-focused outreach to make a tangible impact at the local, federal, or global level. Applications for the U.S. cohort are open Dec 15 – Feb 15 buff.ly/BHStsrh
In science, as in life, fear and stress dull creativity and drive poor decision-making.
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
In science, as in life, fear and stress dull creativity and drive poor decision-making.
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The rise of in-class devices could be responsible for an alarming decline in performance in reading and other subjects, long-term trends suggest
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
econ.st
January 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The rise of in-class devices could be responsible for an alarming decline in performance in reading and other subjects, long-term trends suggest
Genius rapper and MIT prof Lupe Fiasco in Dots and Lines quotes meteorologist Lewis F Richardson (1922), Weather Prediction by Numerical Process, p66: “Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity, and little whirls have lesser whirls and so on to viscosity.” 🌊🌀❤️🔥
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Genius rapper and MIT prof Lupe Fiasco in Dots and Lines quotes meteorologist Lewis F Richardson (1922), Weather Prediction by Numerical Process, p66: “Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity, and little whirls have lesser whirls and so on to viscosity.” 🌊🌀❤️🔥
A smidgeon of good news for the ocean.
High Seas Treaty enters into force: A milestone for ocean conservation
The High Seas Treaty, formally known as the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), enters into force on 17 January 2026.
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
A smidgeon of good news for the ocean.
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
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New study by Hu et al. reveals #IndonesianThroughflow’s nonlinear response to #CO2, with a rapid decline after crossing a #TippingPoint. The first point may be approaching, signaling a potential climate #Tipping element with implications for global #climate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
New study by Hu et al. reveals #IndonesianThroughflow’s nonlinear response to #CO2, with a rapid decline after crossing a #TippingPoint. The first point may be approaching, signaling a potential climate #Tipping element with implications for global #climate.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our hedonism and material wealth comes at great cost to the natural world that sustains our bodies and souls. This tension is almost unbearable. So why don’t we ease it? Give up fossil fuels, formalise the monetary value of nature, and embrace greater global equity.
January 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Our hedonism and material wealth comes at great cost to the natural world that sustains our bodies and souls. This tension is almost unbearable. So why don’t we ease it? Give up fossil fuels, formalise the monetary value of nature, and embrace greater global equity.
Reposted by Lisa Beal
New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
The universality and wonder of science and nature bring people together. The ocean community is worldwide, transcending nationalities, politics, and religion.
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The universality and wonder of science and nature bring people together. The ocean community is worldwide, transcending nationalities, politics, and religion.
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
ICE’s “Alligator Alcatraz” is where thousands of “profiled” people are being caged and tortured only one hour from my home in Miami. We cannot accept this.
USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policie...
www.amnesty.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ICE’s “Alligator Alcatraz” is where thousands of “profiled” people are being caged and tortured only one hour from my home in Miami. We cannot accept this.
Science fraud is on the rise, facilitated by for-profit, open-access journals (Richardson et al, 2025, PNAS). These same journals are accelerating author and reviewer burnout by profiting from quantity while neglecting quality. Choose society journals where reputation and community are everything!
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Science fraud is on the rise, facilitated by for-profit, open-access journals (Richardson et al, 2025, PNAS). These same journals are accelerating author and reviewer burnout by profiting from quantity while neglecting quality. Choose society journals where reputation and community are everything!
Are you a dynamic, organized ocean scientist and an enthusiastic writer and communicator? Lead and serve your community as an editor @jgr-oceans! Follow this link to apply tinyurl.com/OceansEditors
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Are you a dynamic, organized ocean scientist and an enthusiastic writer and communicator? Lead and serve your community as an editor @jgr-oceans! Follow this link to apply tinyurl.com/OceansEditors
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Ocean mesoscale eddies are the most important agent of horizontal mixing across oceanic fronts. Bashmachnikov et al., investigate the effect of eddies on sea ice cover in the Greenland Sea finding that eddies limit the eastward spread of ice 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ocean mesoscale eddies are the most important agent of horizontal mixing across oceanic fronts. Bashmachnikov et al., investigate the effect of eddies on sea ice cover in the Greenland Sea finding that eddies limit the eastward spread of ice 🧊 🐻❄️ 🌊
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Reposted by Lisa Beal
Science is facing one of its most challenging moments. There's never been a more important time to understand the current state of federal science funding—and what’s at risk. Watch AGU’s on-demand webinar to get the full picture. 🎥 buff.ly/AIDUCEi
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Science is facing one of its most challenging moments. There's never been a more important time to understand the current state of federal science funding—and what’s at risk. Watch AGU’s on-demand webinar to get the full picture. 🎥 buff.ly/AIDUCEi